Congress avoids real issues for meaningless work

Our country faces serious problems. Unemployment has improved, but remains high. Our distribution of wealth is the most inequitable of any developed country as wages stagnate. Our educational system remains fraught with problems.

Given this state of affairs, one would think that Congress, the part of government that makes laws, would be in action and it is. The U.S. Congress stretches itself to work three days a week and goes out of its way to help the American people. For example, the House of Representatives recently repealed Obamacare for the 37th time. The House also outlawed abortion after 20 weeks. This they did in defiance of the U.S Constitution, in defiance of about 80 percent of the American people and in defiance of scientific evidence about rape.

All this has kept the House too busy to take up President Obama's proposed Jobs Act or his universal preschool proposal. However, the House found time to try kicking 2 million adults and children (360,000 Nevadans) off SNAP (food stamps) while protecting farm subsidies for the rich.

In reality, the House Republican majority avoids the crucial problems of our country while doing the meaningless.

Donne Levy , Sparks

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Congress avoids real issues for meaningless work

Our country faces serious problems. Unemployment has improved, but remains high. Our distribution of wealth is the most inequitable of any developed country as wages stagnate. Our educational system

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